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One too many: Why alcohol hits some people hard
From left: Amon Kipkoech, 39, is an Addiction Counsellor; Nkatha Mwenda, 30s, is a Nutritionist & Founder of Graceful Youth Recovery Centre and Dr Stephen Onyango, is a gastroenterologist at the Digestive Health Clinic along Ralph Bunche Road in Nairobi.
Some people take a few drinks and are fine, others take just one and slide into alcoholism. It is a familiar paradox of modern life; the way alcohol sits so easily in celebrations, in stress relief, in routine, and yet turns unpredictable in the body.
For many, the shift is subtle. A tolerance that once felt solid begins to slip. Two beers hit harder than six once did. A hangover stretches into a second day. The body, without warning, stops keeping up.
